Security Brigade 201 (Wehrmacht)

The backup brigade 201 was a German infantry brigade of the Army in World War II of Army Group Center .

Brigade history

The brigade was set up on February 5, 1942 in Belarus from the replacement brigade 201 .

Replacement Brigade 201

The replacement brigade 201 (also brigade 201 ) was in Fulda in mid-1941 in military district IX. set up in the course of the 16th wave of installation . It was assigned as an occupying force to the General Government with stationing in Krakow . At the end of 1941, three marching battalions were detached from the brigade for Army Group North , the staff were subordinated to Army Group Center and relocated to Russia in the rear army area with headquarters in Belarus .

Backup Brigade 201

During the establishment as security brigade 201 in February 1942 in Belarus , several state rifle battalions were added to the large formation . As early as June 1, 1942, the staff of the brigade was raised to division strength and renamed the 201st Security Division .

structure

Infantry replacement regiment 601 with 2 battalions from military district VI.

Infantry Replacement Regiment 609 with 2 battalions each from Wehrkreis IX. and military district X.
Infantry replacement regiment 611 with 2 battalions from military district XIII.

For the backup brigade 201

Security Regiment 601 (formed from Infantry Replacement Regiment 601)
- Security Battalion 965
- Security Battalion 966
State Rifle Battalion 663

From March 1942

Security Regiment 601
- Security Battalion 965
- Security Battalion 966
- Landesschützen-Bataillon 824 (later Security Battalion 824)
- Landesschützen-Bataillon 909 (later Security Battalion 909)
- Landesschützen-Bataillon 790 (later Security Battalion 790)
406 Infantry Regiment (from the 403rd Security Division )
Supply units 466 (from the 403rd Security Division )

State Rifle Battalion 336
State Rifle Battalion 480
State Rifle Battalion 481
State Rifle Battalion 483
State Rifle Battalion 839
State Rifle Battalion 989
State Rifle Battalion 343

commander

Major General Ernst Schellmann : from the establishment to April 1942
Major General Eugen Demoll : from April 1942 to May 1942
Major General Alfred Jacobi : from May 1942 until dissolution

Web links

Replacement Brigade 201 / 201. Security Division on EHRI portal from the Federal Archives

literature

Mitcham, Samuel W., Jr. (2007). German Order of Battle. Volume One: 1st - 290th Infantry Divisions in WWII. PA; United States of America: Stackpole Books. P. 250, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 .
Nafziger, George F. (2000). The German Order of Battle Infantry in World War II; Greenhill Books, p. 574.
Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Volume 8. Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1976, ISBN 3-7648-1083-1 , pp. 1-3.

reference

^ Burkhart Mueller-Hillebrand: Beginning of the campaign against the Soviet Union until the end of the war . ES Mittler, 1954, p. 31 ( google.de [accessed October 17, 2018]).
^ Antonio J. Muñoz: The German Secret Field Police in Greece, 1941-1944 . McFarland, 2018, ISBN 978-1-4766-6784-3 , pp. 184 ( google.de [accessed October 17, 2018]).

[1] Burkhart Mueller-Hillebrand: Beginning of the campaign against the Soviet Union until the end of the war . ES Mittler, 1954, p. 31 ( google.de [accessed October 17, 2018]).

[2] Antonio J. Muñoz: The German Secret Field Police in Greece, 1941-1944 . McFarland, 2018, ISBN 978-1-4766-6784-3 , pp. 184 ( google.de [accessed October 17, 2018]).